In the course of my duties as agency head of the Workplace Gender Equality Agency, I received the following gifts and/or benefits whose value exceeds the stipulated threshold of $AUD100.00 (excluding GST).
Gifts and benefits register:
2025
1 April to 30 June 2025
| Date received | Date recorded | Gift item/benefit/ service | Received by (agency contact if not received directly by agency head) | Presented by (giver's name, organisation/country) | Occasion | Estimated value in $A (wholesale value in country of origin or current market value in Australia) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 May 2025 | 23 May 205 | Upgraded to Business on QANTAS | Mary Wooldridge, WGEA CEO | QANTAS | Unsolicited upgrade of flight from Canberra to Melbourne | $197.50 |
| 8 May 2025 | 23 May 2025 | Dinner | Mary Wooldridge, WGEA CEO | BHP | Melbourne Foundation for Business and Economics Centenary Dinner | $180.00 |
1 Jan to 31 March 2025
| Date received | Date recorded | Gift item/benefit/ service | Received by (agency contact if not received directly by agency head) | Presented by (giver's name, organisation/country) | Occasion | Estimated value in $A (wholesale value in country of origin or current market value in Australia) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Feb 2025 | 19 Feb 2025 | Dinner | Mary Wooldridge, WGEA CEO | Her Excellency Professor the Honourable Margaret Gardner AC, Governor of Victoria | Pathways to Politics - 10 year anniversary reception | $250 |
2024
1 October to 31 December 2024
| Date received | Date recorded | Gift item/benefit/ service | Received by (agency contact if not received directly by agency head) | Presented by (giver's name, organisation/country) | Occasion | Estimated value in $A (wholesale value in country of origin or current market value in Australia) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Oct 2024 | 29 Nov 2024 | ACCI Leadership Dinner with Senator the Hon Katy Gallagher | Mary Wooldridge, WGEA CEO | Bri Delahunty, Manager, Policy and Research - CEW | Leadership dinner | $260 |
| 25 Oct 2024 | 29 Nov 2024 | 2024 NAWIC Vic Awards Presentation Dinner | Mary Wooldridge, WGEA CEO | Katherine Brewis, President, Victorian Chapter - NAWIC | Showcases the excellence of women in the Victorian Construction Industry - formal dinner | $260 |
1 July to 30 September 2024
Nil
1 April to 30 June 2024
| Date received | Date recorded | Gift item/benefit/ service | Received by (agency contact if not received directly by agency head) | Presented by (giver's name, organisation/country) | Occasion | Estimated value in $A (wholesale value in country of origin or current market value in Australia) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 May 2024 | 22 May 2024 | Attendance at dinner | Mary Wooldridge Director WGEA | Helen McCabe, MD and Founder, Future Women | Post Federal Budget Dinner | $395 |
1 January to 31 March 2024
Nil
2023
1 October to 31 December 2023
Nil
1 July to 30 September 2023
Nil
1 April to 30 June 2023
Nil
1 January to 31 March 2023
Nil
2022
1 October to 31 December 2022
Nil
1 July to 30 September 2022
Nil
1 April to 30 June 2022
| Date received | Date recorded | Gift item/benefit/ service | Received by (agency contact if not received directly by agency head) | Presented by (giver's name, organisation/country) | Occasion | Estimated value in $A (wholesale value in country of origin or current market value in Australia) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 May 2022 | 11 May 2022 | Attendance at dinner | Mary Wooldridge Director WGEA | Kellie Parker, Chief Executive, RioTinto | 2022 Chief Executive Women Annual Dinner | $250 |
1 January to 31 March 2022
Nil
2021
1 October to 31 December 2021
| Date received | Date recorded | Gift item/benefit/ service | Received by (agency contact if not received directly by agency head) | Presented by (giver's name, organisation/country) | Occasion | Estimated value in $A (wholesale value in country of origin or current market value in Australia) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Nov 2021 | 1 Aug 2022 | Travel costs to be a keynote speaker at a conference | Mary Wooldridge Director WGEA | Aventedge Pty Ltd | Public Sector Women in Leadership Summit, Canberra | $500 |
1 July to 30 September 2021
Nil
1 April to 30 June 2021
Nil
1 January to 31 March 2021
Nil
2020
1 October to 31 December 2020
Nil
1 July to 30 September 2020
Nil
1 April to 30 June 2020
Nil
1 January to 31 March 2020
| Date received | Date recorded | Gift item/benefit/ service | Received by (agency contact if not received directly by agency head) | Presented by (giver's name, organisation/country) | Occasion | Estimated value in $A (wholesale value in country of origin or current market value in Australia) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Jan 2020 | 3 April 2020 | Ticket to Australian Open Inspirational Series - Women's Semi Final | Libby Lyons Director WGEA | Kate Jenkins, Australian Human Rights Commissioner | Libby attended as their guest to Australian Open Women's Semi Final | $210 |
2019
1 October to 31 December 2019
| Date received | Date recorded | Gift item/benefit/ service | Received by (agency contact if not received directly by agency head) | Presented by (giver's name, organisation/country) | Occasion | Estimated value in $A (wholesale value in country of origin or current market value in Australia) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Nov 2019 | 29 Nov 2019 | Ticket to business annual gala dinner | Libby Lyons Director WGEA | AmCham Australia | Annual gala event | $250 |
| 6 Dec 2019 | 11 Dec 2019 | Bottle of Champagne | Executive Assistant Director WGEA Item was raffled to Agency staff with funds collected donated to charity | Qantas, Australia | End of Year/Festive season | $279 |